Gold prices move near session highs as Federal Reserve raises interest rates 75 basis points

Gold prices move near session highs as Federal Reserve raises interest rates 75 basis points The gold market is seeing some new buying momentum as the Federal Reserve looks to slightly adjust its aggressive monetary policy stance. In a widely anticipated move, the Federal Reserve raised its Fed Funds rate by 75 basis points. This is the fourth consecutive supersized rate hike this year. While the central bank remains focused on bringing inflation down, it does appear to be adjusting…

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Gold silver gain on ideas of better future demand from China

Gold, silver gain on ideas of better future demand from China Gold and silver prices are higher in midday U.S. trading Tuesday, but down from daily highs as the U.S. dollar index has rebounded from solid early losses. Falling U.S. Treasury yields on this day are supporting the precious metals markets. Some potentially positive news coming out of China is also working in favor of the metals market bulls. December gold was last up $8.00 at $1,648.50 and December silver…

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Gold – Caution still warranted

Gold – Caution still warranted The bear market rally currently transpiring in stocks has momentum on its side, with the upper range target at the cross-section between the upper resistance line and the 50-week moving average as the standing target. The below chart is an update of the S&P futures chart on a weekly basis; note the stochastic RSI looks like it wants to reach all the way to overbought as well. Although Thursday’s action in gold looked constructive for…

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Price pressure on gold silver as USDX bond yields rebound Gold and silver prices are moderately down in early US trading Friday once again falling victim to a higher US dollar index and rising US Treasury yields to end the trading week December

Price pressure on gold, silver as USDX, bond yields rebound Gold and silver prices are moderately down in early U.S. trading Friday, once again falling victim to a higher U.S. dollar index and rising U.S. Treasury yields to end the trading week. December gold was last down $10.90 at $1,654.60 and December silver was down $0.199 at $19.29. The geopolitical front is far from calm at present. However, there have been no major, new developments to shake up the marketplace.…

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Gold market sees muddle sentiment but price needs to hold above 1620 next week

Gold market sees muddle sentiment, but price needs to hold above $1,620 next week Once again, gold is poised on a knife's edge as the prices end the week below $1,650 an ounce, and muddled market sentiment is unlikely to provide any clear direction for the precious metal next week. Latest Kitco News Gold Survey shows that bullish analysts and retail investors have a slight advantage; however, there is no dominant conviction in the marketplace. According to some analysts, many…

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Gold prices testing support around 1650 as US PCE rises 06 in September in line with expectations

Gold prices testing support around $1,650 as U.S. PCE rises 0.6% in September, in line with expectations Nhe gold market is testing critical support around $1,650 an ounce as U.S. inflation pressure rise in line with expectations. Friday, the U.S. Department of Commerce said its core Personal Consumption Expenditures price index increased 0.5% last month, up from August's increase of 0.6%. The data was in line with expectations. For the year, core inflation rose 5.1%, up from August's annual increase…

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Friday’s inflation report has investors bracing for volatility

Friday’s inflation report has investors bracing for volatility Today at 8:30 EDT, the BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) will release the latest inflation report vis-à-vis the PCE index for September 2022. This will be the most recent data that the Federal Reserve will have on inflation and therefore be a key component to their sealing the fate of the size of the next rate hike at next week’s FOMC meeting. According to the CME’s FedWatch tool, there is an 88…

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Gold has respectable gains but still based on dollar weakness and not buying

Gold has respectable gains, but still based on dollar weakness and not buying Golf futures basis the most active December 2022 Comex contract is currently up $11.20 and fixed at $1669.70. Noteworthy was today’s intraday high of $1679.40 which came in just below the first level of resistance at $1680. However, once again we can see that while gold’s gains are respectable, they are based entirely upon dollar weakness. Furthermore, market participants bid the precious metal lower. According to Reuters,…

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Gold’s tepid response to dollar weakness and geopolitical uncertainty

Gold’s tepid response to dollar weakness and geopolitical uncertainty One might think that with the increased geopolitical uncertainty and recent dollar weakness that gold would have strong gains. However, that is absolutely not true in trading today. As of 5:15 PM EDT, the most active December contract of gold futures is currently up only $3.30 or +0.20% and fixed at $1657.40. Fractional gains in gold today have occurred with extreme dollar weakness. The U.S. dollar index is currently down -1.02%…

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Market participants continue to be headlined driven as seen in gold on Friday

Market participants continue to be headlined driven as seen in gold on Friday Gold investors and traders are reacting strongly to any shift in the Federal Reserve’s narrative concerning upcoming interest rate hikes. This was seen on Friday when a single article published by the Wall Street Journal resulted in strong gains for gold. On Friday Mary Daly the president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank said, “I think the time is now to start talking about stepping down…

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